The company

The Company

Market leader

Alimac is the international leader in solutions for packaging handling and transport.

Alimac is an industrial group highly specialized in the production and distribution of the tape carry handle and packaging equipment. Innovative handling packaging solutions are the core business.

The tape carry handle is a small, flexible strip of self-adhesive film (polypropylene) with a non-adhesive area as the holding part. It is applied to packaging to help the consumer grasp and carry packages in an easy and comfortable way when shopping.

Handled packaging with a self-adhesive carry handle is easy to grasp, lift, hold and carry

The tape carry handle is utilized in many sectors, mainly in fast moving consumer goods, such as Beverages and Tissue & Toiletries and their markets - mineral water, carbonated soft drinks, beers, etc.

Alimac also has one of the widest and most advanced ranges of automatic handle applicators, able to apply the tape carry handle in all market applications.

Alimac was founded in Italy in 1990 and in 25+ years of activity worldwide has gained one of the highest levels of know-how and reputation in the packaging sector.

Alimac is an international global supplier of innovative solutions for Packaging Handling

The tape carry handle is an innovative and versatile handling system, a favourite with consumers all around the world for comfort and reliability.

It is applied by automatic handle applicators on single unit packaging and multi-packs. The versatility of the tape carry handle makes it easy to apply on a wide range of packaging formats all around the world.

Its successful application on millions of packaging units of the most important brand manufacturers makes the Alimac tape carry handle safe, user-friendly and able to increase the level of the consumer shopping experience and impulse purchase.

During 25+ years of activity around the world, Alimac has gained a strong reputation for very high quality and service

Mactec is a spin-off of Alimac. It was created to move the know-how acquired by Alimac in many years of tape carry handle projects to handle applicator manufacturing.

Mactec offers one of the widest ranges worldwide of automatic Handle Applicators; more than 20 models performing 5 different applications (top, side, oblique, bottom and carton) with a speed up to 300 packages per minute (top application in triple lanes).

Alimac delivers the tape carry handle solution and the handle applicator solution as a unique all-in-one system

The Alimac market positioning is unique. It is the only company with a “system” of two core businesses within the same organization - handle applicators and tape carry handles. This expertise plays a crucial role in the handling solutions business.

The Alimac-Mactec Integrated System (AMIS ) is the packaging handling solution to integrate equipment solutions, tape carry handle solutions, services and applications in just one global packaging supplier. It is the focal point of the Alimac offer.

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